Aquatic Insects of Michigan

by Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

+ Species Lists
+ Identification/Keys

Corduliidae - Emeralds
(6 genera, 22+2 species)

Cordulia Leach, 1815

Cordulia shurtleffi Scudder, 1866
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Cordulia bifurcata Hagen, 1861 [nomen nudum]

Dorocordulia Needham, 1901

Dorocordulia libera (Selys), 1871 Cordulia

Epitheca Burmeister, 1839

Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) canis (MacLachlan), 1886 Tetragoneuria
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria)
costalis (Selys), 1871 Cordulia
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) cynosura
(Say), 1839 Libellula
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Epophthalmia lateralis Burmeister, 1839
  • Tetragoneuria diffinis Hagen, in Selys 1871
  • Cordulia basiguttata Selys, 1871
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Tetragoneuria morio Muttkowski, 1911
Epitheca (Epicordulia) princeps Hagen, 1861
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) spinigera (Selys), 1871 Tetragoneuria
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Tetragoneuria indistincta Morse, 1895

Helocordulia Needham, 1901

Helocordulia uhleri (Selys), 1871 Cordulia - ONT, OH

Neurocordulia Selys, 1871

Neurocordulia yamaskanensis (Provancher), 1875 Aeshna
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Epitheca jamascarensis Hagen, in Selys 1878

Somatochlora Selys, 1871

Somatochlora cingulata (Selys), 1871 Epitheca
Somatochlora elongata
(Scudder), 1866 Cordulia
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Cordulia saturata Hagen, in Selys 1861 [nomen nudum]
Somatochlora ensigera Martin, 1906 - MN, WI, OH
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Somatochlora charadraea Williamson, 1907
Somatochlora forcipata
(Scudder), 1866 Cordulia
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Cordulia chalybea Hagen, in Selys 1861 [nomen nudum]
Somatochlora franklini
(Selys), 1878 Cordulia
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Somatochlora macrotana Williamson, 1909
Somatochlora hineana Williamson, 1931
Somatochlora incurvata
Walker, 1918
Somatochlora kennedyi
Walker, 1918
Somatochlora linearis
(Hagen), 1861
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Cordulia procera Selys 1871
  • Somatochlora lateralis Needham, 1901
Somatochlora minor Calvert 1898
Somatochlora tenebrosa
(Say), 1839 Libellula
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Cordulia tenebrica Hagen 1861
Somatochlora walshii
(Scudder), 1866 Cordulia
Somatochlora williamsoni
Walker, 1907

Williamsonia Davis, 1913

Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson, 1923
Williamsonia lintneri
(Hagen, in Selys, 1878), Cordulia

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